Tramlines Festival 2010

The final day of an already immense weekend and a line-up fit to make your mouth water. A few time changes, which lead us to miss Joe Carnell and the Book Club so, kicking off the Sunday main stage for us, was the mighty Heim. Dressed up in Viking attire and kicking us off with a dance fusion headed up by the mighty Bozz. They certainly managed to get the crowd moving. Next band on were my must see of the weekend Lords of Flatbush.

The words Dylan and Hip Hop would not normally be used in relation to one another however The Ruby Kid is changing things up. With pre programmed beats and a backing band called the Black Jacobins The Ruby Kid makes eloquent observations of current issues. His music shows talent and intelligence in equal measures.
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Raegan: The Grapes

This evening The Grapes is wall to wall with people waiting for The Heartbreaks to arrive. Tramlines has successfully enticed music lovers from all over the country and the city’s venues have come alive. Tonight’s fans are expecting this band to deliver a decent dose of their usual poetry infused indie rock and thankfully they don’t disappoint. What we’re treated to is a mix of irresistible melodies and romanticised lyrics that make you feel sad and warm at the same time.

Future of the Left: Corporation

This Cardiff-born creation graced the stage of Corporation marking the halfway point within the Tramlines festival. The Corporation punters got what they came for as they were treated to a delectable mix of post-hardcore indie as the testosterone-filled atmosphere fuelled the mosh-pit and acted as a fitting tribute to one of Sheffield’s more alternative venues.
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Busker Bus

Busker Bus – Matt Abbott
At times the busker bus was like sardines on wheels however when Matt Abbott’s turn came to be thrown round the bus there were only two people in the audience. Matt introduced himself as a spoken poet however that was underselling the laughs he was about to serve up. Matt confidently moved round a variety of current topics but centred around the delights of the North such as his home town of Wakefield.

Blood Red Shoes: New Music Stage

If the Main Stage is deemed chart friendly then the Exposed New Music Stage is its dirty, notorious cousin, which suited headliners Blood Red Shoes. As they arrived the stage was suitably cloaked in crimson light made thick with dry ice which gifted the duo an edginess for opener It's Getting Boring By The Sea. They may have appeared fresh faced but behind their youthful good looks lied a dark, brooding reverb drenched malevolence.

Saturday Highlights

Saturday started brought about an acoustic vibe at Alibi, where Don’t Sleep Dream brought about a morose kind of dreamy feeling, maybe a tad too chilled, so Counterfeit headed down to the New Music Stage outside the City Hall, where as well as the slightly warm raspberry cider there was a decent sized crowd to watch Love at Death Beach.
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Friday Highlights

In full anticipation of the weekend ahead, Counterfeit attended the official opening of the Tramlines Music Festival at Penelope’s. A rousing and amusing set from the England band kicked things off followed by a speech from the Lord Mayor, colloquially declaring things ‘op’n’. The second band of the weekend were Darke Horse, usually a foursome did a simple two man acoustic set, gentle, flowing and a nice easy introduction to the weekend, a total opposite to the next band on the list.

Focus: Leadmill

A packed Leadmill kicked off the first evening of Tramlines 2010 and with much anticipation await the entrance of legendary Dutch masters Focus. Since forming in 1970 and despite splitting and reforming three times since and this years Focus being only 50% of the original version, flautist Thij van Leer gives the band the authentic Focus sound with flowing keyboard and haunting flute, even down to the chanted vocals.

Bromhead’s Busker Bus!

Tramlines Times manages to catch up with Bromhead’s frontman Tim Hampton, one of this year's curates for the acts aboard the Tramlines Busker Bus! We asked him how the bus idea came about, “We were asked to be the curators of the Busker Bus about a month ago,” explains Tim, “probably because we’ve been doing some cheeky guerrilla gigs in and around town.”
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Da Boom DJ from the Steel City: Toddla T

Tramline Times talks to local triumph Toddla T, who’s organising a big bash at Sheffield Octagon this Saturday night. Mr T tells us more, “It’s gunna be a big party with me, Annie Mac, Mary Anne Hobbs, DJ Q and Oris Jay… Everyone apart from Annie Sheffield-based… We’re keeping it local!”
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Welcome to Tramlines 2010

Building on last years no sleep ‘til Monday spectacular, now in its second year Tramlines is bigger, better and ready to boom! Bringing together all walks of Sheffield’s music scene and supported by the City Council it promises one of the biggest intercity festivals the country has seen.
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Tramlines Day Guide Sunday 25th July

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Alibi
14:00 Emilie Marie Abraham
15:00 Martyn Goldsack
16:00 Andrew Oxley
17:00 The Search Party
18:00 Retriever
19:00 Plug Factory
20:00 Retro Soup
21:00 Kartica
22:00 Risky Heroes
23:00 Soldier Blue

The Bath Hotel
21:00 Sean Mac

The Bowery
21:30 Pipes (DJ)
23:30 Rodigan (DJ)

The Cremorne
21:00 Burleskimo
22:00 Jungle Lions
23:00 Dirty Cheese (DJ)

Devonshire Green
14:00 The Neat
14:40 Joe Carnall & The Book Club
15:25 HIEM
16:10 Lords of Flatbush
17:00 Shake Aletti
18:05 Mystery Jets
19:35 Echo & The Bunnymen
18:00 Brut Mod vs Whilst Other Girls (DJs)
20:00 TSW vs Dead Dolls (DJs)

DQ
23:00 Threads (DJ)
23:30 Club Pony (DJ)
00:05 Bigger Than Barry (DJ)
00:35 Suckerpunch (DJ)

The Fat Cat
15:00 The Everly Pregnant Brothers

The Forum
22:15 Black Flowers
23:15 The Death Rays of Ardilla
00:15 The Violet May

The Foundry (University of Sheffield)
20:00 Smokers Die Younger
21:00 Three Trapped Tigers
22:00 65daysofstatic

The Frog & Parrot
13:00 Emily Ireland
14:00 Emily Stancer
15:00 The Dead Delta
16:00 Cut Your Wings
17:00 Wooderson
18:00 Ian Britt
19:00 Pink Sharabang
20:00 Mike Hughes
21:00 Avida Dollars
22:00 Jack & The Beanstalks
23:00 The Jubby Taylor Quartet

The Grapes
15:00 Floating Death Picnic
16:00 Silent Film Project
17:00 Sarah Mac
18:00 DiscoKiss
19:00 Two Skies

The Green Room
22:15 Louis Romegoux
22:45 The Sicknotes
23:30 Alvarez Kings

The Harley
18:30 Oblong
19:30 White Noise Sound
20:30 The Lea Shores
21:30 Exit Calm
22:30 Mabel Love
23:30 Dum Dum Girls

Lounge
13:00 Emilie Marie Abraham
14:00 Last To Be Picked
15:00 Gina Walters
16:00 Captives On The Carousel
17:00 Feelix

The New Music Stage
14:00 Wingman
14:45 Gallops
15:30 Sharks
16:15 Holy State
17:00 This Town Needs Guns
18:00 Grammatics
19:00 Rolo Tomassi
20:00 Gallows

Olive
18:30 Risky Heroes
19:30 Gina/Rachel
20:30 Vex One
21:30 Nem

SOYO
13:00 Nick Pears (DJ)
14:00 Dan Williamson
15:00 Wooden Bolts
16:00 Neil McSweeney
17:00 David J. Roch
18:00 Paul Thomas Saunders
19:00 Jake Flowers Band
20:00 Sandy Turnbull (DJ)
21:45 Steel City Rockers (Break-Dancers)
22:00 Jack Athey
22:30 The Cartels
23:00 Century Kids

The Washington
16:00 Sequoia, Sama Roots, 20Hz, LSS, R8 Records, Dark Harmonics, MiS (DJs)

West Street Live
16:00 Calamity Aces
16:45 August 80
17:30 Gretanova
18:15 Naisian
19:00 Cruel Acrobat
19:45 Undercurrent
20:30 Awooga
21:15 [Sub] Nova
22:00 Tiananmen
22:45 The Venkman Heist

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